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Preoccupied engineer started cab (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

abstracted

'preoccupied' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'engineer started cab' is the wordplay.
'engineer' indicates an anagram.
'started'+'cab'='startedcab'
'startedcab' is an anagram of 'ABSTRACTED'.

(Other definitions for abstracted that I've seen before include "Taken out" , "without concentrating" , "Removed - preoccupied - absent-minded" , "miles away" , "not paying attention" .)

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